Age, sex and other factors in radiation carcinogenesis
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It has been held for a long time that the young are more susceptible than adults to the induction of cancer by radiation. The data in support of that contention are accumulating especially from human studies. In an exposed population a significant fraction of the total population risk may be attributed to the risk associated with those who were young at the time of exposure. Since cancer may not appear for decades after exposure estimates of risk may require models for projecting the lifetime r…
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Date:
January 1, 1988
Creator:
Fry, R. J. M. & Carnes, B. A.
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